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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder and Lydia Patrick

Iceland earthquakes: Are flights still running amid fears of volcano eruption?

Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson , arcticimages.com

Iceland has declared a state of emergency as hundreds of earthquakes struck the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula in the past 48 hours.

Despite fears of an impending volcanic eruption, flights from the UK to Keflavik international airport 10 miles north of the eruption site are going ahead as usual.

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